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The Food Issue

International food prices spiked almost 40 percent last year, indicating that the monetary price is finally catching up with the true costs of cheap food: obesity in the U.S., malnutrition in developing countries and environmental degradation everywhere. This issue is devoted to these problems and some possible solutions, many of them sprinkled throughout the essays and reports.

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The Rise and Fall of Twitter

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Kate Harding: I can't say I'm shocked or outraged, because I expect pretty much nothing of politicians, even the ones I like. So basically, I'm hung up on two things: 1) As Tracy said, we're supposed to feel better because he didn't love her? That just makes me think he's even more of a jerk. 2) When the National Enquirer is the media outlet with the real scoop on politicians' lies, we might just be in trouble.

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Kate Harding: I can't say I'm shocked or outraged, because I expect pretty much nothing of politicians, even the ones I like. So basically, I'm hung up on two things: 1) As Tracy said, we're supposed to feel better because he didn't love her? That just makes me think he's even more of a jerk. 2) When the National Enquirer is the media outlet with the real scoop on politicians' lies, we might just be in trouble.

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New twist to Steffen case

A former Hamilton County coroner's office employee has been accused of abusing the corpse of a murder victim in 1982 in a case that resulted in her killer being sent to Death Row.

Steffen, a door-to-door salesman, was convicted in 1982 of the murder and rape of Karen Range, 19, of Wyoming.

DNA tests showed last year the body fluid inside Range was not Steffen’s.

In Ohio, defendants are eligible for the death penalty only if they are convicted of murder and another crime of violence -- rape, kidnapping or another murder.

Today, a Hamilton County grand jury indicted Kenneth Douglas, 55, of Westwood for gross abuse of a corpse after Douglas was arrested in Westwood on a drug offense. His DNA was taken and it matched the fluid in Range.

Steffen admitted stabbing her to death but always denied raping her.

The difference literally could mean the difference between life and death for Steffen.

That means, Steffen's lawyers argue, Steffen isn't eligible for the death penalty.

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Blogging’s Glass Ceiling

Blogging has come a long way from its modest beginnings. These days, there is money to be made, fame to be earned and influence to be gained. And though women and men are creating blogs in roughly equal numbers, many women at the conference were becoming very Katie Couric about their belief that they are not taken as seriously as their male counterparts at, say, Daily Kos, a political blog site. Nor, they said, were they making much money, even though corporations seem to be making money from them.

Other prominent female bloggers who did not attend the BlogHer conference agreed that there are unique challenges that women in the blogosphere face. “Women get dismissed in ways that men don’t,” said Megan McArdle, an associate editor at The Atlantic Monthly who writes a blog about economic issues.

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Remembrance of flings past

What happened when Tanya Gold tried to track down her ex-boyfriends?

A month ago, I decided to go out and find all my ex-boyfriends, to see what has happened to them, and to conduct a live-action autopsy of our relationships. I was so excited: I would have an excuse to ring them all up and stalk them. I'm back! I'm a journalist! And, contrary to the expectations of everyone who knew me before I stopped drinking six years ago, I am alive!

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Twitter took off from simple to 'tweet' success

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